"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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College and my dorm is NASTY

Babnik

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So, we go on a date, it goes fine..she laughs, kino, kiss...I want to isolate and f*ck...BUT my freaking dorm is nasty. I live with 3 guys and one of them is a **** who hasn't gone to his classes all semester...he is dirty, stinky, SUB-HUMAN (as I call him). He spreads crap all over the living room and doesn't use the trash can. Heck, he ran out of toilet paper so he used his hands...

There is NOTHING I can do about him...housing policy is crap (I tried).

So, to cut it short...girls cannot see my place!

I feel awkward saying "Lets go to YOUR place" unless they invite...

What can I do about it?
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Skel

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Tell her your roomate is a slob and your dorm is nasty :p
 

Babnik

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Skel said:
Tell her your roomate is a slob and your dorm is nasty :p
If she asks to go to my place herself...

Thats not how it happens. I have to offer...and it seems I have to offer to go to HER place, which makes it awkward...
 

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Your roommate is an unclean layabout whose foul stench is subsidized by his equally filthy parents.

Why not express this to the girl and counter-offer her place? That doesn't sound awkward to me. That sounds like a plan!

You should also either persuade your roommate to clean up his act, or petition for his removal or relocation from the dorm.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Demon said:
Your roommate is an unclean layabout whose foul stench is subsidized by his equally filthy parents.

Why not express this to the girl and counter-offer her place? That doesn't sound awkward to me. That sounds like a plan!

You should also either persuade your roommate to clean up his act, or petition for his removal or relocation from the dorm.
agreed, he sounds like a friggen dirty skanky human being. I told my roommate about him and he screamed, "Ohhhh... that's worse than Geoff!!!"

comic_relief
 

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I live with 3 other guys in my apartment and its pretty nasty. But, if you bring a girl back to your place and she is truely interested, she isnt gonna leave just because your place is nasty. Just say your roommates are slobs, and get back to business.
 

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cefiro said:
I live with 3 other guys in my apartment and its pretty nasty. But, if you bring a girl back to your place and she is truely interested, she isnt gonna leave just because your place is nasty. Just say your roommates are slobs, and get back to business.
I live with 3 other guys myself, and it can look pretty ****ed up at times. I agree that it's kinda embarresing to take girls home when it looks like ****. Even though they won't comment on it, doesn't mean they don't think to themselves. I asked a female friend of mine what she would think if I brought her home and it looked like it did at that time. She said she would probably wonder if either of us cared about our hygiene at all and if we even bothered to change boxers every day..

To the original poster; You should definitly confront your roomate and tell him to get his act together. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. If he won't listen then maybe you should try to be relocated or kick him out or something. When I feel like things are getting out of hand here at home, I tell the guys that we need to shape up! Then it gets better for a while, until we have to have yet another peptalk :)
 
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